Writing/ Mixing Room Layout with a twist....
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:24 pm
Hi everyone,
this is my first post here, but I have been reading for quite a while, trying to soak up all the great information here - what a task!
Anyway, I am a composer for film and TV here in Germany and will change location next month - old place just was not represantable enough
!
So I will move into two small spare rooms that are part of a large post production place here - lucky me.
Sooo, I intend to use these rooms mostly as writing and auditioning places (some recording of guitar/ violin flute etc) but sometimes I have to mix, too, and obviously I want the room to be at least acceptable, acoustically speaking.
I have tried to understand all of the material at SAE and Johns fantastic site, but I think I definately do need some of your great input...
...since... the room has a weirdness.
Just to the left of the soon-to-be mixing position (or the one that feels right to me) is a double window (which is nice actually) looking into the tracking/ lounge room, which is angled downward but, parallel to the wall on my right! (please look at the attached picture if I have managed to confuse you completely
). As you can see, everything is parallel...
Now I think I understand how to treat the back of the room (see what I sketched in) but I am at a complete loss as to what to do to the front, due to that window (and the fact that it is only 20 cm from the front wall)...
Btw, sound proofing, as in leakage etc. is not necessary.
Any suggestions or actual help would be greatly appreciated - please note that I cannot move walls - but I am somewhat handy with tools and have people to help me.
And Budget wise I will have to spread it out over sometime, as of now, I won´t be able to spend more than 700 € / 800 US$.
Sorry for the long-winded post...: here comes the picture
this is my first post here, but I have been reading for quite a while, trying to soak up all the great information here - what a task!
Anyway, I am a composer for film and TV here in Germany and will change location next month - old place just was not represantable enough
!So I will move into two small spare rooms that are part of a large post production place here - lucky me.
Sooo, I intend to use these rooms mostly as writing and auditioning places (some recording of guitar/ violin flute etc) but sometimes I have to mix, too, and obviously I want the room to be at least acceptable, acoustically speaking.
I have tried to understand all of the material at SAE and Johns fantastic site, but I think I definately do need some of your great input...
...since... the room has a weirdness.
Just to the left of the soon-to-be mixing position (or the one that feels right to me) is a double window (which is nice actually) looking into the tracking/ lounge room, which is angled downward but, parallel to the wall on my right! (please look at the attached picture if I have managed to confuse you completely
). As you can see, everything is parallel...Now I think I understand how to treat the back of the room (see what I sketched in) but I am at a complete loss as to what to do to the front, due to that window (and the fact that it is only 20 cm from the front wall)...
Btw, sound proofing, as in leakage etc. is not necessary.
Any suggestions or actual help would be greatly appreciated - please note that I cannot move walls - but I am somewhat handy with tools and have people to help me.
And Budget wise I will have to spread it out over sometime, as of now, I won´t be able to spend more than 700 € / 800 US$.
Sorry for the long-winded post...: here comes the picture
